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Little Ash Creek

Basic information

Name: Little Ash Creek
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2001
Country: United States
Mass: 21.4 g

Classification
history:

NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	L5
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 85	(2001)	L5
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	L5
Recommended:			L5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 8891 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L5. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Data from:
  MB85
  Table 2
  Line 14:

State/Prov/County:	Yavapai, Arizona
Date:	21 Mar 2001
Latitude:	34°23'12"N
Longitude:	112°1'42"W
Mass (g):	21.4
Pieces:	1
Class:	L5
Shock stage:	S3
Weathering grade:	W2
Fayalite (mol%):	23.6
Ferrosilite (mol%):	19.7
Classifier:	T. Bunch and J. Wittke (NAU)
Type spec mass (g):	19.2
Main mass:	NAU
Finder:	Ted Bunch
Comments:	An32

Institutions
and collections

NAU: Geology, Bldg 12 Knoles Dr Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 12 Apr 2012)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 85, MAPS 36, A293-A322 (2001)

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Geography:

United States

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(34° 23' 12"N, 112° 1' 42"W)
Recommended::	(34° 23' 12"N, 112° 1' 42"W)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 1.4 m apart

Statistics:
This is 1 of 179 approved meteorites from Arizona, United States (plus 1 impact crater)
This is 1 of 1927 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)

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